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veteran

[vet-er-uhn, ve-truhn] / ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən /




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No other Nvidia executive is well-known to investors, aside from Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, a 13-year veteran of the company who speaks on the company’s earnings call and at conferences.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Organic children’s food startup Once Upon a Farm, co-founded by actress Jennifer Garner and a veteran food executive, is striving to retain consumer trust following a voluntary recall of one of its products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

"This weekend's opening takes the Japanese production to a new level -- it's nearly three times the previous opening in Dec 2023," veteran industry analyst David A. Gross wrote.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Barri Worth Girvan, a veteran government employee who ran on a platform of leveraging her experience to advocate for residents, declared victory in the race for Los Angeles City Council’s Third District seat late Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

A tall, gentle man with steel-rimmed glasses and a perpetual smile, Hartleb greeted everyone he met—champion or patzer, beginner or veteran, child or octogenarian—by bowing low and saying with deep reverence, “Master!”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Three veterans of President Trump’s Energy Department are getting into the data-center business, the WSJ’s Jennifer Hiller writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Three veterans of President Trump’s Energy Department whose work focused on nuclear power reforms are getting into the data-center business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Mavria, founded by three veterans of Trump’s Energy Department, has raised money at a $1 billion valuation to build modular data centers that can be shipped by truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Some 10,000 veterans will take part in the Royal British Legion's march-past, representing more than 300 different armed forces and civilian organisations.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Grandpa Blakeslee was supposed to be next, leading the column of younger, gun-toting veterans who were to charge up North Main Street, playing like this was the Battle of Gettysburg.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns


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